Download or read book Cost of Congestion to the Portland Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a growing dependence on broader regional and global markets, the value of transportation connections becomes increasingly important for business competitiveness. To address this concern, the Portland Business Alliance, Port of Portland, Metro and Oregon DOT collaborated in a unique public-private cooperative effort. The group hired Economic Development Research Group to conduct a study of the economic impact of congestion and its stakes for the region's economy. The study included analysis of the region's economic clusters, the economic dependence on traded industries and transportation connections, and the economic role of the region's port/gateway and hub transportation facilities. Interviews were conducted with executives in all sectors of the economy to identify how their business is affected by traffic congestion. The findings included examples of how congestion had affected the breadth of delivery markets, distribution warehouse locations, inventory levels, shift scheduling, overtime costs and technology worker recruitment.
Download or read book The Cost of Congestion to the Economy of the Portland Region written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Roads written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Road Traffic Congestion A Concise Guide written by John C. Falcocchio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-13 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on road traffic congestion in cities and suburbs describes congestion problems and shows how they can be relieved. The first part (Chapters 1 - 3) shows how congestion reflects transportation technologies and settlement patterns. The second part (Chapters 4 - 13) describes the causes, characteristics, and consequences of congestion. The third part (Chapters 14 - 23) presents various relief strategies - including supply adaptation and demand mitigation - for nonrecurring and recurring congestion. The last part (Chapter 24) gives general guidelines for congestion relief and provides a general outlook for the future. The book will be useful for a wide audience - including students, practitioners and researchers in a variety of professional endeavors: traffic engineers, transportation planners, public transport specialists, city planners, public administrators, and private enterprises that depend on transportation for their activities.
Download or read book Congestion Pricing Proposals written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Congesting Pricing written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is intended to serve as a guide for state and local planners and policy makers who are evaluating the potential of congestion pricing. Its purpose is to introduce the concept of congestion pricing and to provide a discussion of its feasibility and potential in specific applications. The report also provides guidance on monitoring and evaluation of congestion pricing, and contains an extensive bibliography. A pilot program is discussed, some overseas and national programs are described, and congestion pricing options are considered. Planning issues are addressed, and specific methods geared to reduce congestion are noted.
Download or read book The Evaluation of Transportation Investment Projects written by Joseph Berechman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, the use of some kind of a formal transportation project evaluation procedure is a requirement. Yet, by and large, these are partial; in fact, much weight is often placed on the initial -pre-engineering -phases of the planning process, when vital information, such as accurate costs and demand projections, is largely missing. Moreover, many of these procedures neglect to consider key issues such as project’s risks, capital costs financing, latent demand, market imperfections, labor force availability and various incompatibilities between trip rates, travel times and activity location. As a result, projects, which are judged as viable under such deficient evaluation schemes, may have had a significantly different projection of capital costs and demand should a well-founded, thorough, and efficient evaluation process be used. Against this background, this book’s main objective is to construct a comprehensive and methodical economic, planning and decision-making framework for the evaluation of proposed transportation infrastructure investment projects. Such a framework is founded on four key principles. It is based on well-established economic, transportation and policy-analysis theoretical principles; it is comprehensive enough to encompass all relevant evaluation issues; it is applicable to a wide range of transportation investment projects; and it is amenable to empirical application including a sensitivity analysis and alternative scenarios regarding urban, regional and national developments.
Download or read book Economic and Financial Analysis of Infrastructure Projects written by Dipti Ranjan Mohapatra and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic and Financial Analysis of Infrastructure Projects (An Edited Volume) is a practical guide and explains step by step methods to carry out an economic or financial analysis for infrastructure projects. It is a unique collection of eleven major infrastructure projects funded World Bank, ADB, AFD different ministries of Government of India, Government of Kenya, Sultanate of Oman and Government Bangladesh. Economic analysis for certain projects has been carried out with reference to projects in similar conditions. There are total eleven chapters in the book and each chapter is based on a real consultancy project as well as a research paper published in international journal. Each chapter deals with complex mathematical calculations in lucid and precise manner, which readers will find interesting. The book envisioned to cater the requirements of master’s and undergraduate management, economics and commerce students studying the subject Project Analysis, Project Management, Development Planning and Project Analysis. This book can be used as a practical guide on project analysis and project management by professional economists and financial experts working in industry. The book is expected to help the researchers and academicians to understand practical application of economics, finance and project management concepts to carry out an economic or financial analysis.
Download or read book TEA 21 Reauthorization written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Road More Traveled written by Sam Staley and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though often dismissed as a minor if irritating nuisance, congestion's insidious effects constrain our personal and professional lives, making it harder to find a good job, spend time with our family, and maintain profitable businesses. After centuries of building our cities into bustling centers of commerce and culture, we are beginning to slow down. The Road More Traveled shines a new light on the problem of traffic congestion in this easily accessible book. You'll learn how we can reclaim our mobility if we are willing to follow successful examples from overseas, where innovations in infrastructure and privatization have made other nations stronger and more competitive. By thoroughly debunking the myths that keep our policy makers trapped in traffic, the book argues that we can and should build our way out of congestion and into a fast-paced future.
Download or read book America s Infrastructure written by Lisa Idzikowski and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engineers argue that inadequate maintenance of roads, bridges, airports, waterways, and other critical aspects of infrastructure along with underinvestment have created an infrastructure crisis in the United States. Many politicians agree with this claim and are attempting to take action. However, we are faced with the issue of which projects are most essential and how to fund them. Is the state of America's infrastructure that dire compared to the rest of the world? Are these efforts to improve it a cynical ploy from politicians to gain attention and ensure reelection? This volume considers the many perspectives of this pressing issue.
Download or read book Low cost Solutions to Portland s Traffic Problems written by Anthony M. Rufolo and published by . This book was released on 1998* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Open Space and Environmental Quality written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Region written by Myron Orfield and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Published in cooperation with the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota."
Download or read book ITF Roundtable Reports Ex Post Assessment of Transport Investments and Policy Interventions written by International Transport Forum and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-post evaluation is important to improving the delivery of transport policy objectives. It can be used for multiple purposes at the core of which is the improvement of ex-ante assessment. A small number of jurisdictions employ ex-post evaluation systematically and leading experience is ...
Download or read book The Cost of Congestion written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation Challenges and Solutions in the Southwest Washington Portland Metropolitan Region written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
